INTERVIEW: RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY IN ASIA TODAY

Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin),
representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand
From 18 to 23 December 2009 there were celebrations dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Thailand, which was headed by A
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SAINT PHILOUMENOS THE NEW HIEROMARTYR OF JACOB'S WELL (+1979)

St. Philoumenos the New Hieromartyr of Jacob's Well
(Feast Day - November 29)
"On November 16/29, 1979 they burst into the monastery and with a hatchet butchered Archimandrite Philoumenos in the form of a cross. With one vertical stroke the
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EVEN GREAT SAINTS HAVE HUMAN NEEDS

By Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Many years ago when I was at Katounakia [a rugged area in the southeast of the Athonite peninsula] I would often spend time with that great contemporary holy elder Father Ephraim [Katounakiotis], Papa Ephraim,
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ARCHBISHOP CHRISTODOULOS ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE

By Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens
Address to the University of Iasi - "Futurum" June 2003
Right Honorable Chancellor,
Honorable Professors,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My very dear youths, our pride and hope,
I am deeply moved as
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THE REVIVAL OF ROMIOSINI IN THE THOUGHT OF ROMANIDES AND YANNARAS

Korais attempting to resurrect pagan Greece and Rhigas attempting to save Christian Romiosini.
From the publication of his dissertation to his death in 2001, Fr. John Romanides sought the completion of the work, which his friend and mentor, Fr. Ge
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AN UNFORGETTABLE BAPTISM IN TAIWAN

In Tainan
Fr. Jonah Mourtos
November 18, 2009
Fragrance of Asia
This past Friday I went to Tainan, a large city of Taiwan. A Christian of ours urged me to go see a couple. The husband, around 42 years old, undergoes a kidney dialysis every
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PRIEST-MONK NESTOR THE NEW MARTYR OF ZHARKY (+1993)

In 1960, Nestor Savchuk was born in the province of Crimea in southern Russia. He was never close to his family but was always distant from them. As he grew into a young man, he began to channel all his energy into wrestling, boxing, and the martial
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LATIN AMERICA: PEOPLES IN SEARCH OF ORTHODOXY

by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico
Thirteen years ago, when I undertook the (then newly-established) Holy Metropolis of Mexico with only three priests and three mainly Greek-speaking communities, in Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, I
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MONASTERY OF MOR GABRIEL AT RISK IN TURKEY

Expropriation of Monastery Land Seen as Effort to Squash Syriacs.
Paul de Maeyer
February 18, 2011
Zenit
Not even the Mongols of the 14th century, when they killed 40 monks and some 400 faithful, succeeded in making one of the most ancient Ch
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SPECIAL REPORT ON THE MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN SOUL

Demanding a Miracle: The "Russian Soul"
By Andrei Zolotov
July 9, 2010
Ria Novosti
The Need for Faith Is a Key Characteristic of the Russian Soul
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